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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Stoner begin looking at the value of his life in Chapter XI?
(a) Darkly.
(b) Happily.
(c) Bleekly.
(d) In an abstract way.

2. Who does the author note a change in at the beginning of Chapter VIII?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Edith.
(c) Hollis.
(d) William.

3. What subject does Stoner begin teaching radically and causing complaints from students?
(a) The Sonnet.
(b) History of the World.
(c) General English.
(d) Modern Renaissance.

4. Who questions Stoner about his conduct against Walker in Chapter X?
(a) Ed Frye.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) Gordon Finch.
(d) Hollis Lomax.

5. How many minutes are professors allowed to question Walker during his oral examination?
(a) 45.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

6. What does Stoner make with his seminar class when he starts it in Chapter IX?
(a) A dominant appearance.
(b) A bad impression.
(c) A sloppy appearance.
(d) A connection.

7. What does Stoner realize with shock after he begins having out-of-body experiences regularly?
(a) How he has aged.
(b) How unhappy he is.
(c) How happy he is.
(d) How unfulfilled he is.

8. Who helps Walker throughout his oral examination?
(a) Sloane.
(b) Masters.
(c) Lomax.
(d) Finch.

9. How does Stoner describe his classes after Lomax takes over the English department?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Fulfilling.
(c) Satisfying.
(d) Boring and unfulfilling.

10. Who does Lomax threaten to fire after finding out about Stoner's affair?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Both Katherine and Stoner.
(c) No one.
(d) Stoner.

11. How does Lomax respond to Stoner's threats of teaching his classes wrong in Chapter XIV?
(a) Continues giving him poor classes.
(b) Moves his office.
(c) Fires him.
(d) Gives him his schedule back.

12. What two poles did university students lean to in regards to the feud between Lomax and Stoner?
(a) Indifference and protest.
(b) Curiosity and indifference.
(c) Avoidance and protest.
(d) Fierce loyalty and avoidance.

13. What does Edith begin remodeling Stoner's basement study as after her father's death?
(a) An art studio.
(b) A photography studio.
(c) A new kitchen.
(d) A new living room.

14. What does Stoner question Walker about to see his basic knowledge during his oral examination?
(a) History of literature.
(b) Renaissance literature.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) The Canterbury Tales.

15. How does Katherine react after Stoner tells her he could lose his job by being with her?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Upset.
(c) Happy.
(d) Worried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Stoner serve on in regards to Charles Walker's oral examination?

2. Whose schedule is made so that Stoner never sees them in Chapter XI?

3. What do Stoner and Katherine begin at the end of Chapter XII?

4. What is Stoner doing when Katherine comes to visit him in Chapter XII?

5. How is the weather outside described when Stoner has his first out-of-body experience?

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